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Pro-Palestinian activist: Belgium rescinded my UN invite after Israeli pressure
[IsraelTimes] Pro-Palestinian activist Brad Parker on Friday said that Belgium rescinded an invitation for him to address the UN Security Council, which it currently chairs, after being pressured by Israel.

%z, a senior advisor at Defence for Children International-Paleostine (DCI-P) had been invited by Brussels to address the UN over allegations of rights abuses in Israel and the Paleostinian territories.

Israel claimed he was too biased to address the forum and summoned Belgian diplomats to protest the invitation.

Parker told AFP he would no longer address the body after being informed that the parameters of the meeting had changed.

"What I have been told is on Monday the Belgian government has changed the briefing to be closed consultations, which effectively means I won’t be speaking," Parker told AFP, adding he was "deeply frustrated."

He said he had planned to give an "evidence-based statement" on "grave violations in Israel and the occupied Paleostinian territories from 2014 to the end of 2019."

"It is frustrating once again the political context has worked to silence our voice."

The Ynet news site reported Israeli diplomatic officials were pleased by Belgium’s decision.

DCI-P describes itself as working to protect "the human rights
...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedom at the convenience of the state...
 of Paleostinian children."

Israel says the NGO’s board includes individuals affiliated with the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Paleostine, considered a terrorist organization by the Europe
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
an Union, the United States and Israel.

Foreign Ministry front man Lior Haiat said Parker is "known for extreme positions against Israel."

Israel’s ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg, Emmanuel Nahshon, wrote on Twitter earlier this month that inviting Parker to speak created "unnecessary tension" that was "easily avoidable."

Parker said the Israeli allegations against him were "an attempt to silence legitimate human rights work that exposes the reality for children impacted by Israeli military occupation."

Israel summoned a top Belgian diplomat twice earlier this month over the issue, while the Belgian foreign ministry summoned Nahshon to censure him for retweeting a tweet critical of Brussels’s choice to invite Parker.
Posted by: trailing wife 2020-02-23
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